And what some are saying is potentially a breach of International Law. Are you ok with israel potentially committing war crimes and youre providing full moral support regardless . Its important to remember why were in this very difficult situation, and thats because hamas, a proscribed terrorist organisation, committed an appalling act of barbarity and has killed over a thousand israelis, including women and children, in scenes that are, quite frankly, horrific and that we havent seen in decades. It is unequivocally wrong, and there is no moral ambiguity about that. Israel has every right to defend itself and take the action that is necessary to ensure protection and security of its citizens and that nothing like this can ever happen again. Even if some of those actions are not in line with International Law . No, of course, we should always and we are always having concerns of civilians paramount in our minds, something ive discussed with Prime Minister netanyahu myself, and underline
Strike hamas targets and we dont want civilian casualties. Want civilian casualties. We have uraed want civilian casualties. We have ura ed the want civilian casualties. We have urged the israelis want civilian casualties. We have urged the israelis use want civilian casualties. We have urged the israelis use every urged the israelis use every possible urged the israelis use every possible precaution urged the israelis use every possible precaution to urged the israelis use every| possible precaution to avoid urged the israelis use every possible precaution to avoid harm to civilians the israeli army has mounted the first raids into Northern Gaza to dismantle and disrupt hamass ability to fire rockets. But the bigger incursion is pending. Israel has given the palestinians 2a hours to evacuatei Million People from Northern Gaza before the expanded operation begins. One hospital al awda to the south of gaza city has been told tonight it has two hours to evacuate. The doctors are still tr
live from. newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north west of the gaza strip in particular. of the gaza strip in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinken has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines
since the beginning of the war, targeting the northwest of the gaza strip in particular. it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinken has visted iraq, and the west bank, and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital ankara for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he says all communications must be restored immediately. he has said discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to get aid to civilians into gaza. yogita limaye has our first report. the warming over the g has identified tonight. communication lines have been cut off which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did. digging through rubble looking for survivors. this was the crowded refugee camp. it is not one of the areas that israel had asked civilians to leave. hamas says it was an israeli air strike that killed dozens here. israel says it s investigating. can anyone hear me? he shouts. i think there are people trapped here. his daughte
studio. newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north west of the gaza strip, in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing of gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines have also been cut off, which mean